Faz Aftab

Faz Aftab is one of UK's leading Video on Demand experts. She has 15 years of experience in shaping and delivering Over The Top TV (OTT) services and is a VoD native. Faz joined ITV in 2011 to spearhead the distribution strategy of the award winning ITV Hub and during that time the service has grown from 1 to 30 platforms, resulting in soaring profits and viewing numbers. The service has over 27m registered users (including 75% of all 16-24 year olds in the UK) and has a freemium in app direct to consumer offer. Faz is responsible for relationships with partners such as Sky, Virgin, Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung. She is ITV's lead on Freeview Play and is on the board of Freesat.

Before joining ITV Faz was the Commercial Director at Move Networks delivering OTT video streaming for ABC, Fox, the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet which streamed 180 million hours of premium video. She sits on the steering group of the ITV Women's Network and is the founding member of ITV's Women In Technology group. She is a mother to 3 young girls and is a mentor and volunteer at Stemettes, Code First Girls and Inspiring the Future.